Joseph Giaime, head of the observatory, joined Louisiana Considered to talk to us about the event’s significance, and how ...

The Trump administration has called for shutting down either a Tri-Cities, WA, or Louisiana observatory that work in tandem.

A gravitational wave has revealed the biggest black-hole merger ever recorded—so massive and extreme, it defies current ...

A record-breaking black hole collision has stunned scientists with its sheer scale and speed. Detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories, the event merged two enormous black holes—each over 100 ...

The researchers are members of the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) collaboration, a global network of scientists detecting ...

The LIGO Hanford Observatory near the Tri-Cities and its twin in Louisiana detected ripples of time and space passing through ...

The merger wasn’t just the biggest ever, but also an event so rare that it challenges existing models for black hole genesis.

The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration has announced a groundbreaking discovery in the field of gravitational wave ...

A collision observed between two black holes, each more massive than a hundred suns, is the largest merger of its kind ever ...

The future of at least one of the U.S. LIGO observatories is in jeopardy as deep cuts to science programs are proposed by the Trump administration.

The largest black hole collision ever recorded has scientists' jaws on the floor — and scratching their heads.

A group of Manitoba researchers were involved behind the scenes of an international effort that this week revealed the first ...